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. >>> the search for mitt romney's running mate is now under way. even before the republican candidate officially locks down his party's nomination. the former massachusetts governor has selected his long-time adviser, beth myers, to narrow down the list of potential vice presidents, she was romney's campaign manager during his 2008 run for the white house and has served as his chief of staff in the governor's office. >>> this of course will be a closely-watched process, given the brief vetting and the choice mace by john mccain four years ago. many handicappers say senator rob portman of ohio is the early lead to get the nod. >> mr. romney sat down with dia diane sawyer. >> start packing, that's what i would like to say. obviously we have a very difficu different view. the president i'm sure wants another four years, but the first four didn't go so well. >> i got to know michelle, she's a lovely person. i've never met barack obama. but i believe it's mitt's time. i believe that the country needs the kind of leadership that he is going to be able to
. >>> the search for mitt romney's running mate is now under way. even before the republican candidate officially locks down his party's nomination. the former massachusetts governor has selected his long-time adviser, beth myers, to narrow down the list of potential vice presidents, she was romney's campaign manager during his 2008 run for the white house and has served as his chief of staff in the governor's office. >>> this of course will be a closely-watched process, given...
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arguing last night he is more like reagan than mitt romney is. >> governor romney cannot defend his record. he can't defend his past. he can't defend what he's done. so his goal is to somehow through enough mud at me. and i think it's all going to wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, campaigned with him in 1980, helped hip eight years while he was president. i made a movie about him. i've written a book about him. to suggest that romney is more began-like than i am is total fantasy. >> adding some fuel to the fire on this gingrich/reagan connection. it points to specific places where gingrich criticized president reagan. a comment about reagan's 1985 meeting with then soviet leader gorbachev, something gingrich called, quote, the most dangerous summit for the west since hitler met with chamberlain in 1938 munich. read the piece online. more quotes of newt gingrich criticizing ronald reagan. >>> some other news for you today, the senate is expected to approve the final piece of legislation introduced by gabby giffords whose resignati
arguing last night he is more like reagan than mitt romney is. >> governor romney cannot defend his record. he can't defend his past. he can't defend what he's done. so his goal is to somehow through enough mud at me. and i think it's all going to wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, campaigned with him in 1980, helped hip eight years while he was president. i made a movie about him. i've written a book about him. to suggest that...
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romney spoke about this. i want to play the clip. >> you said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign. >> the dog loved it. >> but the dog got sicked. >> we travelled all the time and he ate the turkey on the counter. i mean, he had the runs. >> so if people don't understand the story we are referring to a family vacation the family took where they strapped the irish setter to the roof of the car and decided to have an accident and was streaking down the window. it was a profile piece that he drove the car to the side and hosed it off. is the romney campaign sick of this story? this is one of the latest national interviews mitt romney and shamus the dog. >> it was on the cover of new yorker magazine. i mean, tha romney campaign is never happy when this subject comes up in interviews. this was his first big network interview talking about the dog t. is an old story told to show how romney demonstrated that he was efficient in his family life and it's turned out was used heavily by the republicans in the
romney spoke about this. i want to play the clip. >> you said it was the most wounding thing in the campaign. >> the dog loved it. >> but the dog got sicked. >> we travelled all the time and he ate the turkey on the counter. i mean, he had the runs. >> so if people don't understand the story we are referring to a family vacation the family took where they strapped the irish setter to the roof of the car and decided to have an accident and was streaking down the...
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the president leads romney by three. what is helping romney tighten the race? a fact true all year continues to be true. republican voters are more interested in this election than democrats. the president has a larger lead. he is up seven. the problem for him is a lack of enthusiasm of hispanics and young voters. romney has to do things to make people substantially change the way people feel about him. his approval rating is still under water. the lowest for any presidential nominee at this point in time other than george h.w. bush in 1992. romney is out with his second straight to camera ad in the direct effort to undo damage of the remarks. >> more americans live in poverty than when president obama took office. we should measure our compassion by how many fellow americans are able to get good paying jobs and not how many are on welfare. >> look at these numbers. by a whopping 51 to 28 voters say what they have heard about romney has made them feel more unfavorably there is still a few yellow flags for the president. more people disapprove of how he has hand
the president leads romney by three. what is helping romney tighten the race? a fact true all year continues to be true. republican voters are more interested in this election than democrats. the president has a larger lead. he is up seven. the problem for him is a lack of enthusiasm of hispanics and young voters. romney has to do things to make people substantially change the way people feel about him. his approval rating is still under water. the lowest for any presidential nominee at this...
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among male voters, romney won 41-36. romney is struggling with the conservative wing, 41% believe he is not conservative enough to be the republican nominee for president. 41%. 38% of voters would still like to see somebody else get in the race. >>> mark halperin will look in the number and tell us how much longer newt gingrich will stick around. for now, mitt romney is headed west kicking off the campaign push in nevada and minnesota after the decisive win over newt gingrich in the florida primary. with 50 more delegates in his column, the former massachusetts governor cemented his status as the front-runner. 30 minutes after the polls closed, he thanked the crowd in tampa before turning his attention toward the general election. >> in a state of the union address the president actually said these words, he says let's remember now how we got here. don't worry, mr. press ent, we remember exactly how we got here, you won the election. leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. another era of american c
among male voters, romney won 41-36. romney is struggling with the conservative wing, 41% believe he is not conservative enough to be the republican nominee for president. 41%. 38% of voters would still like to see somebody else get in the race. >>> mark halperin will look in the number and tell us how much longer newt gingrich will stick around. for now, mitt romney is headed west kicking off the campaign push in nevada and minnesota after the decisive win over newt gingrich in the...
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romney supporters are less supportive of romney than they have been in past republican nominees. we have more donors to our organization and far bigger organization with more volunteers on the ground where they are getting their money is from the special interest. they want to protect their tax breaks and subsidies and special deals. >> they put out a new ad calling on mitt romney to release more tax returns. what do you think are in those returns? >> mitt romney has been the most creative candidate for president since richard nixon. he disclosed year and won't say why he opened a corporation offshore in bermuda and why he keeps his finances offshore in the cayman islands and why he has a swiss bank account. is to avoid paying taxes and the other is to hedge against the dollar. there questions about whether he closed it in the amnesty period. we can clear up the answers to these questions by releasing additional returns. this is something that rem da democrats and republicans have done for years. his own father released 12 years. romney has an obligation to open up with the ameri
romney supporters are less supportive of romney than they have been in past republican nominees. we have more donors to our organization and far bigger organization with more volunteers on the ground where they are getting their money is from the special interest. they want to protect their tax breaks and subsidies and special deals. >> they put out a new ad calling on mitt romney to release more tax returns. what do you think are in those returns? >> mitt romney has been the most...
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may have to tap in the back-up reserve, mitt romney's hair. that might happen any day now. >> tonight jimmy welcomes myra rudolph. late night with jimmy fallon weeknights at 12:35. time for the first look at entertainment news. >>> fans world wide will have a chance to bid farewell to whitney houston. her publicist announced saturday's private funeral in newark, new jersey will be live streamed on the internet. we also learned that according to houston's death certificate she will be buried in the same new jersey cemetery where her father was laid to rest. >>> former presidential candidate michele bachmann says rumors of her appearing on "dancing with the stars" are false, although, bill, she did win a polka competition in the 10th grade. that is the fun fact for the day. >>> is reconciliation in the works for kobe bryant and his soon to be ex-wife vanessa? the two were reportedly spotting kissing outside the locker room after the lakers game on valentine's day. leave it to valentine's day. >>> finally, after justin bieber flew a 6-year-old ca
may have to tap in the back-up reserve, mitt romney's hair. that might happen any day now. >> tonight jimmy welcomes myra rudolph. late night with jimmy fallon weeknights at 12:35. time for the first look at entertainment news. >>> fans world wide will have a chance to bid farewell to whitney houston. her publicist announced saturday's private funeral in newark, new jersey will be live streamed on the internet. we also learned that according to houston's death certificate she...
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romney, have they dug it up on romney? gingrich hasn't yet. >> i was told some interesting things that are coming out. bain at one point put in $17 million of the italian yellow phone book and pulled out $300 million. >> but does that narrative work in the republican party? >> each one has their own way of saying i'm going to use somebody else's money. >> but it does matter for republicans. >> the broader issue is we have fundamental problems with how we make decisions in this country. i'm glad these guys tb proxies for it all today. >> we're all learning. to the president's reelection bid, tomorrow night the president will give his annual state of the union address. insiders say it's expected to sound like the state of the obama presidential campaign address. a taste of what he'll do in 2012 after taking a battering from republicans on debt and budget issues. those are issues you'll see the president talking about. no longer focused on his diplomacy across the aisle, but a candidate fighting for his own reelection. this i
romney, have they dug it up on romney? gingrich hasn't yet. >> i was told some interesting things that are coming out. bain at one point put in $17 million of the italian yellow phone book and pulled out $300 million. >> but does that narrative work in the republican party? >> each one has their own way of saying i'm going to use somebody else's money. >> but it does matter for republicans. >> the broader issue is we have fundamental problems with how we make...
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there was no bounce for romney. and there's a substantial bounce for president obama out of their convention. in the new cnn poll taken after the democratic national convention, president obama leads mitt romney among likely voters by six points. republican pollsters have the president with a similar lead in its latest poll. mitt romney's reagan plan didn't work. now it's time to bring on plan b. the only problem is the romney camp doesn't appear to have a plan b. they are throwing everything they can against the wall to see what sticks. his latest attempt is to go after the christian conservative vote. he even changed his stump speech to say president obama is threatening to take the word god off u.s. currency. >> i will not take god out of the name of our platform. i will not take god off our coins and i will not take god out of my heart. >> as president obama anywhere said anything about taking god off the coins? this is how desperate they are. romney did a lot of pandering to the crowd this weekend. he took the
there was no bounce for romney. and there's a substantial bounce for president obama out of their convention. in the new cnn poll taken after the democratic national convention, president obama leads mitt romney among likely voters by six points. republican pollsters have the president with a similar lead in its latest poll. mitt romney's reagan plan didn't work. now it's time to bring on plan b. the only problem is the romney camp doesn't appear to have a plan b. they are throwing everything...
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cheney has not appeared with romney on the campaign trail but endorsed him last night, praising romney as "the only man who can make the right decisions in a foreign policy crisis." romney called cheney a great american leader but did not mention former president george w. bush. pent state officials concealed critical facts instead of protecting young boys. that's the scathing conclusion of an eight-month inquiry into the jerry sandusky scandal. >> reporter: former fbi director louis freeh said it was fear of bad publicity which kept officials from revealing details to the public regarding jerry sandusky's contact with young boys. >> the most powerful men at penn state failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children sandusky victimized. >> reporter: the report pored over documents. freeh blasted former president graham spanier, athletic director tim curly, vice president gary schultz and paterno for l inaction. >> nobody even spoke to sandusky. not one of those four persons, including the coach, who was a few steps away from his office. there's no end case anybody spoke t
cheney has not appeared with romney on the campaign trail but endorsed him last night, praising romney as "the only man who can make the right decisions in a foreign policy crisis." romney called cheney a great american leader but did not mention former president george w. bush. pent state officials concealed critical facts instead of protecting young boys. that's the scathing conclusion of an eight-month inquiry into the jerry sandusky scandal. >> reporter: former fbi director...
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i think this is going to dog romney all the way through the fall. he's going to have to either put them out there or just stonewall and if he didn't pay taxes for any number of years or if he has a lot more swiss bank accounts or offshore accounts, he's going to keep stonewalling. look, he's already been embarrassed. i mean, he got a bigger deduction for his wife's dancing horse than the average middle class family earns in a year. i think we are dash i think he will stonewall. i think there is something really bad in the returns and i think harry reid is probably right. >> when you look at it just politically, look at the fact that polls show 54% say that he should release more tax returns. 44% think it will include more damaging information. if you are advising willard mitt romney, why wouldn't you tell him to release more given this view? got over half of those polls saying you should release more. and you have almost half, over 40% saying that they think because he's not releasing it there'sing? more damaging. why wouldn't you tell him to releas
i think this is going to dog romney all the way through the fall. he's going to have to either put them out there or just stonewall and if he didn't pay taxes for any number of years or if he has a lot more swiss bank accounts or offshore accounts, he's going to keep stonewalling. look, he's already been embarrassed. i mean, he got a bigger deduction for his wife's dancing horse than the average middle class family earns in a year. i think we are dash i think he will stonewall. i think there is...
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> romney will take care of them. if you look -- >> he said on "meet the press" -- >> if you look at what he did in massachusetts, you're looking at obama care. >> i want to she what you he said on jay leno. back in march, i don't know what leno's politics are but he asked a good question. leno asking clear common sense questions and i think he boxed in romney on this pre-existing condition thing. you're trying to defend him. watch your candidate try to defend himself on leno. >> people with pre-existing conditions, as long as they've been insured before, they're going to be able to continue to have insurance. >> suppose they were never insured? >> if they were 45 years old and they say i want insurance because i have heart disease, hey, guys, we can't play the game like that. you have to get insurance when you're well and if you get ill, you're doing to be covered. >> yeah, but a lot of people -- i only mention this because i know guys that work in the auto industry and they're not covered because they're working bra
> romney will take care of them. if you look -- >> he said on "meet the press" -- >> if you look at what he did in massachusetts, you're looking at obama care. >> i want to she what you he said on jay leno. back in march, i don't know what leno's politics are but he asked a good question. leno asking clear common sense questions and i think he boxed in romney on this pre-existing condition thing. you're trying to defend him. watch your candidate try to defend...
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ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky. the. >> paul ryan care about each and every american. >> stop caring about how you care about people. show me something. >> the table is now reset. >> with the v.p. debate now over. >> who gets to hit the panic button next? >> with 25 days until the presidential election, the obama re-election campaign is seizing on this statement by paul ryan in last night's debate. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe that abortion should remain legal be worried? >> we don't think that unelected judges should make this decision, that people through their elected representatives, in reaching a consensus in society through a democrati
ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky. the. >> paul ryan care about each and every american. >> stop...
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romney specially tied in ohio. at least they show romney inside the margin of error in ohio. but again, they are not releasing this magical internal polling data. they are saying that's what it says. kind of like the summary of mitt romney's tax returns. if it's true they have internal polling data doing great in ohio, just in the interest of their donors, shouldn't they release those numbers? this isn't a magic thing. this isn't a hypothetical thing. in a real poll, which we can see the data for, we can see not only that it in ohio, president obama is up by eight, we can see why president obama is up by eight in ohio. that "washington post" poll out today has other data in it including the fact that 36% of all ohio voters say they have been contacted by the obama campaign. that contacted by the campaign number is seven points lower in term ls of the romney campaign. the obama campaign is doing it better. they are talking to more voters in ohio. that's making a difference. the hill today reporting that it's not just ohio. the obama campaign has double the number of field staf
romney specially tied in ohio. at least they show romney inside the margin of error in ohio. but again, they are not releasing this magical internal polling data. they are saying that's what it says. kind of like the summary of mitt romney's tax returns. if it's true they have internal polling data doing great in ohio, just in the interest of their donors, shouldn't they release those numbers? this isn't a magic thing. this isn't a hypothetical thing. in a real poll, which we can see the data...
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to me romney is our idiot brother and romney is the king speech. you can spend all the money in the world. if you've got a bad product, it doesn't matter. >> wanna, does harvey have a point there. is putting money towards the romney campaign sort of putting good after bad? also are we going to reach a point with all of this money in both of these campaigns we're going to reach sort of a saturation point in terms of political advertising? >> you know, i'm no movie buff but i think that's absolutely the case. any time you're watching your tv or listening to the radio, it's imt possible to get away from these things. folks like you and i who do this for a living are tired of hearing it, i can only imagine what your average voter is thinking when you have super packs and campaigns absolutely inundating people with them. i think there will be a spilling over point where people will be turned off by this kind of stuff. >> they're not turned off by this kind of stuff. we have proof. that very self-serving harvey weinstein quote aside, we have proof. there
to me romney is our idiot brother and romney is the king speech. you can spend all the money in the world. if you've got a bad product, it doesn't matter. >> wanna, does harvey have a point there. is putting money towards the romney campaign sort of putting good after bad? also are we going to reach a point with all of this money in both of these campaigns we're going to reach sort of a saturation point in terms of political advertising? >> you know, i'm no movie buff but i think...
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romney says i'm going to do all this, i'm going to just cut taxes for the middle class. i'm not interested in rich people, they'll pay the same percentage of tax they pay now. what does that do? he thinks we're dumb. we keep saying, show us your budget. where are your numbers? the president has given you a budget. he said you won't like all of it. it adds s 2 1/2 dollars to so cuts. here are my numbers. where are your numbers? this guy ran bain capital and he's a business guy and he's highing his budget? that ought to tell you something. >> i'm here today because i've lived long enough to know despite the galvanizing moments in history, the future is rarely a tide rushing in. it's often a slow march, inch by inch, day after long day. and i believe we are in the midst of those long days right now. and i'm here because i believe president obama feels those days in his bones. for all 100% of us. >> okay. >> that's big. >> that's bruce. i like bruce. today former president clinton will stump in wisconsin on behalf of president obama. >> and mitt romney will be back on the ca
romney says i'm going to do all this, i'm going to just cut taxes for the middle class. i'm not interested in rich people, they'll pay the same percentage of tax they pay now. what does that do? he thinks we're dumb. we keep saying, show us your budget. where are your numbers? the president has given you a budget. he said you won't like all of it. it adds s 2 1/2 dollars to so cuts. here are my numbers. where are your numbers? this guy ran bain capital and he's a business guy and he's highing...
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mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? what do you make of this? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of rick santorum's campaign not being ready to play at this level and that's why his campaign is all but over as we come to tonight and mitt romney is on the edge of being the nominee. >> romney did have some of his attorneys to that campaign this weekend. they must have done some pretty fast talking. romney looks like he's going to be get it, we might as well go with him? what about that? >> it's very powerful. the idea of being the insurgent is that you can steal momentum and build on it. we have seen a number try to get it and
mitt romney finishes third. the republican establishment goes to work and romney walks away with the delegates, the majority of the delegates. i understand the rick santorum camp is pretty hot about this process. isn't this ignoring the will of the people when they caucus? what do you make of this? >> this isn't a general election. it's a caucus process in the republican party. the romney campaign is ready for prime time. they followed the rules. they got the delegates. another example of...
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it makes romney a better candidate right now but romney is going to have to offer more specifics so he doesn't have to answer for ryan specifics. >> so joy-ann, romney is in your state of florida right now. paul ryan will be there next week. miami herald headline, ryan could hurt romney in florida. >> absolutely. paul ryan may not be universally known but what everybody knows is medicare. in a state like florida that has a large elderly population, medicare is a key issue. when you see how they play it, the very first video that they've put out, the very first web ad against paul ryan as the v.p. pick is interviews with people in florida. they go across and have a cross section of people talking about paul ryan ending medicare. >> uh-huh. >> that's going to be a huge and a really powerful argument in that state and i actually think it's telling that on the first trip to florida ryan didn't go because that would have been his golden opportunity to confront the issue. it's not an issue of having a pleasant messenger. the message itself is going to be problematic in florida. >> my thanks
it makes romney a better candidate right now but romney is going to have to offer more specifics so he doesn't have to answer for ryan specifics. >> so joy-ann, romney is in your state of florida right now. paul ryan will be there next week. miami herald headline, ryan could hurt romney in florida. >> absolutely. paul ryan may not be universally known but what everybody knows is medicare. in a state like florida that has a large elderly population, medicare is a key issue. when you...
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it's about mitt romney. it's about mitt romney's main spokesperson just over an hour ago telling everybody that mitt romney agrees with the president. let's figure out why is mitt romney coming out and saying that this is not a tax, disagreeing with every republican person that was on the talkers yesterday. this is a big mixed message on a monday morning after the sunday talkers. do you agree with that? >> the main message mitt romney put out is what he plans to do on day one of his presidency. to issue waivers across to every state. also work with both houses of congress. republicans and democrats. institute free market reforms and replace obama care. that's the main message we are hearing out of the romney camp. we need to have competition in health care and take the government out of the way between the patient and their doctor and let people make their own choices and shop across state lines. that's the message we hear out of the campaign, day in and day out. >> we heard from everybody over the weekend a
it's about mitt romney. it's about mitt romney's main spokesperson just over an hour ago telling everybody that mitt romney agrees with the president. let's figure out why is mitt romney coming out and saying that this is not a tax, disagreeing with every republican person that was on the talkers yesterday. this is a big mixed message on a monday morning after the sunday talkers. do you agree with that? >> the main message mitt romney put out is what he plans to do on day one of his...
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bush mitt romney endorsement. there was no follow-up event, no joint appearance, no press release from the mitt romney campaign. no press release. they press released an endorsement from christine o'donnell, the i am not a witch lady. they did not press release the george w. bush endorsement. from the immediate past president of the united states which again was delivered from the closer doors of an elevator with no cameras around. they have not appeared together. they do not want americans to look at mitt romney republican presidential nominee and think about the bush/cheney years for obvious reasons, but then this spring, somebody at camp cheney apparently called up the romney campaign folks and told them that vice president dick cheney was going to do them the favor of doing a romney fund-raiser. can you imagine the romney folks getting that call? oh, great. that's awesome. super kind of you. are you sure? the romney campaign did not say no to the cheneys' offer. it's really going to happen, in fact, it's going
bush mitt romney endorsement. there was no follow-up event, no joint appearance, no press release from the mitt romney campaign. no press release. they press released an endorsement from christine o'donnell, the i am not a witch lady. they did not press release the george w. bush endorsement. from the immediate past president of the united states which again was delivered from the closer doors of an elevator with no cameras around. they have not appeared together. they do not want americans to...
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mitt romney, rick santorum fighting for every last delegate. we'll handicap the race there. >>> when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch president obama get in touch with his irish heritage. pounding a guinness on st st. patty's day. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to love them. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we told you at the top of the show that mitt romney won a decisive victory in the puerto rico primary yesterday despite rick santorum's campaign trip down there. romney is using his win to tout his appeal to latino voters, a key demographic, of course, in the general election and one in which he and all other republicans are trailing miserably according to polls. want to sound smart tell your friends george w. bush won the largest percentage of the latino vote of any republican presidential candidate in 50
mitt romney, rick santorum fighting for every last delegate. we'll handicap the race there. >>> when we come back here we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch president obama get in touch with his irish heritage. pounding a guinness on st st. patty's day. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] chicken broccoli alfredo. mushroom smothered beef burgers. hearty chicken and noodle casserole. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom soup to make them and a hungry family to...
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and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> mitt romney wants the president to call the movers displaying the confidence of a presumptive republican nominee. >> that's what i like to say. the president i'm sure wants another four years but the first years didn't go so well. >> romney's swagger might be emboldened by a new poll that shows him holding a slim edge but other polls discount that result. the romney campaign continues to push forward while his team tries to minimize any damages by the remarks. peter alexander joins me now. mitt romney made these remarks. how are senior campaign aides reacting to this info being reported? >> romney's advisors and supporters say he has hinted at these ideas in the past. they are ideas. that he is trying to flush out right now. none of these are hard and fast policies. it appears the romney campaign like the rest of us were watching the skies today as the shuttle went overhead. as soon as it handed they didn't waste time and put out an e-mail going back to the campaign specifically saying if americans thi
and i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> mitt romney wants the president to call the movers displaying the confidence of a presumptive republican nominee. >> that's what i like to say. the president i'm sure wants another four years but the first years didn't go so well. >> romney's swagger might be emboldened by a new poll that shows him holding a slim edge but other polls discount that result. the romney campaign continues to...
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i thought romney presented him very well. but he had three pentagons on immigration that week alone. he had two positions on his tax cut is that week alone. this is a guy who will say anything he has to say to become the president of the united states and he did a good job of saying these things, but the trouble is there's four weeks to go and you can't go responsible publication that i know of who has said that mitt romney's tax plan adds up, for example. they're totally out of touch with middle class americans and they don't appear to have any plans that aren't completely dependent on however, whatever they have to say to get votes. >> i completely on the so-called scoring of the presidential debate. i can't possibly see how you score a debate a victory by if someone who is just lying their way through it. sister quickly before we go. it was for me an odd question in the debate last night considering it a historic event that we have two catholic candidates. in a country where catholicism is the single largest denomination e
i thought romney presented him very well. but he had three pentagons on immigration that week alone. he had two positions on his tax cut is that week alone. this is a guy who will say anything he has to say to become the president of the united states and he did a good job of saying these things, but the trouble is there's four weeks to go and you can't go responsible publication that i know of who has said that mitt romney's tax plan adds up, for example. they're totally out of touch with...
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mitt romney made three stops in ohio on thursday. he told voters this campaign is about families and said his main goal is getting people back to work. >> i want regulators to see their job as encouraging business, not attacking business. i want more jobs. my priority is jobs, jobs, jobs. we're going to get them here in ohio. brian williams spent the past few days with the president on the campaign trail. while on air force one, the president talked to brian about the election versus the job itself. >> it's funny. one of the things about being on the campaign trail, you're in air force one, marine one, these big motorcades. michelle jokes that i have everything but a caboose and a dog sled behind me wherever i'm driving. none of that is the presidency. the presidency is all about who's going to fight for the american people every single day. even when you've got to make tough decisions that are unpopular because you have some compass about what this campaign can be. there are mistakes i've made every single day. but my compass has be
mitt romney made three stops in ohio on thursday. he told voters this campaign is about families and said his main goal is getting people back to work. >> i want regulators to see their job as encouraging business, not attacking business. i want more jobs. my priority is jobs, jobs, jobs. we're going to get them here in ohio. brian williams spent the past few days with the president on the campaign trail. while on air force one, the president talked to brian about the election versus the...
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romney admits that in the last three years he's paid -- we don't know because romney has released just one full year of his tax returns and won't release anything before 2010. >> i have put out as much as we're going to put out. >> what is mitt romney hiding? >> it will not die, the taxes story and mitt romney, the president will not let it and he was back in ohio yet for his eighth trip to the state this year and it was his first town hall in the re-election campaign. >> what's your favorite girl scout cookie? >> i'm pretty partial to those mint -- >> thin mints. >> when can i cut your hair. >> you would not want a president who was disloyal to his barber. >> not exactly hammered with hard questions there in the town hall, but obama hammered romney for a tax strategy that would urge companies to create jobs. >> mitt romney's economic plan would create 800,000 new jobs, but the problem is the jobs won't be in america. i want to give tax breaks to companies who are investing right here in ohio, that are investing in cincinnati, that are investing in hamilton county. >> at a funtd raiser
romney admits that in the last three years he's paid -- we don't know because romney has released just one full year of his tax returns and won't release anything before 2010. >> i have put out as much as we're going to put out. >> what is mitt romney hiding? >> it will not die, the taxes story and mitt romney, the president will not let it and he was back in ohio yet for his eighth trip to the state this year and it was his first town hall in the re-election campaign....
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, romney! >> reporter: in florida, a nomination fight that's gotten personal. rick santorum tells supporters his daughter has seen a miraculous recovery and he is heading out on the campaign trail today but not to florida. to four western caucus states. lynn? >> brian mooar in washington. thank. >>> floridaens are asking why an interstate highway was left open after a horrific pileup. ten people were killed and 20 others injured after a series of crashes involving cars, trucks and tractor-trailers. a blinding mix of heavy fog and thick smoke from a nearby brush fire blew across i-75, south of gainesville, produreducing visiy and causing havoc in both lanes. the poor visibility made it difficult to find victims in the wreckage. terrible there. >>> elsewhere, occupy oakland protesters battled with police over the weekend in the most violent confrontation yet launched by the movement against inequality and corporate influence. more than 400 were arrested during clashes in which demonstrators threw
, romney! >> reporter: in florida, a nomination fight that's gotten personal. rick santorum tells supporters his daughter has seen a miraculous recovery and he is heading out on the campaign trail today but not to florida. to four western caucus states. lynn? >> brian mooar in washington. thank. >>> floridaens are asking why an interstate highway was left open after a horrific pileup. ten people were killed and 20 others injured after a series of crashes involving cars,...
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mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me to get out of the race. does he have a point that he may do well in may and if the race is still seen as being alive that mitt romney might have trouble? >> yeah. the reason he could have trouble in may is because there's been a resistance to mitt romney that's been demographically per sis tent. if you look at the republican voting universe, if that voting universe is 50% or more composed of evangelical christians, rom has not been able to win it. nothing in maryland, nothing in the district of columbia and nothing in wisconsin will change that. if you heard that list that rick santorum rattled off there, you look at those states in may, the republican universes substantially over 50% evangelical christians. the
mitt romney may face some states that may make this year's long slog of romney still longer and sl sloggier. we bring in john and steve. thanks for being here in in maryland and washington good night for mr. romney. he's leading in wisconsin. it's too early to call there. rick santorum is talking about may and future contests. that's in part to say i'm not leaving, don't call for me to get out of the race. does he have a point that he may do well in may and if the race is still seen as being...
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romney this past week. you saw what happened today? >> governor romney! >> do you want to talk about some of the mishaps on your trip? governor romney, do you have a statement for the palestinians? >> what about your gaffe? >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip? >> it's a holy site for the polish people. show some respect. >> we haven't had another chance to ask him questions. >> [ bleep ]. this is a holy site for the polish people. show some respect. >> he followed it up by telling another reporter to shove it. you've got to love it. show some respect, kiss my --. show some respect, kiss my -- it's a holy site, shove it. that should have been a good moment for the romney campaign. i mean, honestly, particularly from the vantage point from which that footage is shot, it's hard to feel sympathy for the reporters who are screaming in that clip. you don't necessarily come out on their side of it when you see that tape, right? you don't sympathize with those people, but when you start to feel bad for mr. romney, you w
romney this past week. you saw what happened today? >> governor romney! >> do you want to talk about some of the mishaps on your trip? governor romney, do you have a statement for the palestinians? >> what about your gaffe? >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip? >> it's a holy site for the polish people. show some respect. >> we haven't had another chance to ask him questions. >> [ bleep ]. this is a holy site...
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did romney do that? >> i'm sure it will happen. >> hang on one second. i want to bring in joy-ann. you've been about to burst over here. it raises an interesting point. job this, often time candidates will say, i disagree with what this person said. i disavow -- all of a sudden you see them standing next to them for photo ops and fund-raisers. it is quite bizarre. >> it is. i think it shows the extent to which cartoon characters have taken over the republican party. this was a perfectly acceptable party that is now in the tlal of people like rush limbaugh and looney people like donald trump. the characters, the caricatures of the party run the party. because now the proper party has decided they would give in to the ideology of talk radio. that is really in a sense what the tea party was. this was the talk radio listeners deciding to take over the poifrlt was the john birch society people. deciding when they pushed back in the '50s, they decided to come roaring back. now the republican party when i was g
did romney do that? >> i'm sure it will happen. >> hang on one second. i want to bring in joy-ann. you've been about to burst over here. it raises an interesting point. job this, often time candidates will say, i disagree with what this person said. i disavow -- all of a sudden you see them standing next to them for photo ops and fund-raisers. it is quite bizarre. >> it is. i think it shows the extent to which cartoon characters have taken over the republican party. this was a...
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mitt romney's got a plan. they do want to make medicare a voucher system to destroy medicare as we know it. the american people don't want that to happen. the polling is very clear on that issue. as our candidates for senate and congress across the country are starting to talk about the republican plan to destroy medicare as we know it. >> matt, romney has said all along that the economy is going to be the front and center topic of this campaign. is he leading democratic attacks to throw them off message? >> no, i don't think so. i think the question of the talks is something to throw back at the president, even though congressman ryan's own plan includes those cuts. >> all right. so a lot of people look at this in the write-ups that we're seeing out there, people talking about the nasty turn that we're seeing, politico notes that mitt romney is getting more personal when he talks about how obama is a nice guy and just doesn't understand how the economy works because there is no private sector experience. but
mitt romney's got a plan. they do want to make medicare a voucher system to destroy medicare as we know it. the american people don't want that to happen. the polling is very clear on that issue. as our candidates for senate and congress across the country are starting to talk about the republican plan to destroy medicare as we know it. >> matt, romney has said all along that the economy is going to be the front and center topic of this campaign. is he leading democratic attacks to throw...
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why should we be entitled to less information about mitt romney than mitt romney required of paul ryan? >> right -- >> this question is not going to dominate this campaign. and i think by you know, by answering the basic question, what percentage should you pay in taxes yesterday, he can tough this out now. i don't think he's going to be required to release any more pressure and i also don't think he's going to be all that much more specific. but the basic theme of your show today, karen, trust. that's going to be central. after all the math is is done, it's going to be who do you trust on taxes? who you trust on medicare. >> the white house has weighed in and so i don't, and the campaign has weighed in, so i don't see this issue going away. i think they're going to continue to try to keep it in the center and robert, i mean, at some point, you know, there's either they're going to have to give some answers or somebody's going to have a moment where you just get sick of being asked that question because the other thing that strikes me in the answers we've seen, there's sort of a growin
why should we be entitled to less information about mitt romney than mitt romney required of paul ryan? >> right -- >> this question is not going to dominate this campaign. and i think by you know, by answering the basic question, what percentage should you pay in taxes yesterday, he can tough this out now. i don't think he's going to be required to release any more pressure and i also don't think he's going to be all that much more specific. but the basic theme of your show today,...
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ditto on romney's proposal to cut the federal budget. in fact, out of the five the only proposal here related to job growth is oil drilling and that in the romney plan was just a survey not actual funding to do the drilling or pay for jobs. so it didn't take long but i do think our little mystery here may be solved. if your jobs plan doesn't actually provide for any jobs, you might not want to talk about it either. dylan? >> so a couple thoughts. one i disagree with your assessment because trade authority if any president was to invoke it would allow them to confront china which is responsible for 50% of our trade deficit. so i actually believe that two of those three things could be a direct pathway to jobs if there was the money for energy as you suggest and if there was in fact trade reconciliation but beyond that what i find interesting is that the current president has had no plan for jobs either for the past three years and the reason the american people are so disgruntled is that while the republicans are absent anything you're de
ditto on romney's proposal to cut the federal budget. in fact, out of the five the only proposal here related to job growth is oil drilling and that in the romney plan was just a survey not actual funding to do the drilling or pay for jobs. so it didn't take long but i do think our little mystery here may be solved. if your jobs plan doesn't actually provide for any jobs, you might not want to talk about it either. dylan? >> so a couple thoughts. one i disagree with your assessment...
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romney. unfortunately for mitt, the president took the wind right out of those sails. >> you don't hear me complaining because i would be making the same argument. >> so, the president expects to talk about his record. what a concept. but one thing we don't do is apologize as romney has demanded for bringing up the bain question. >> first of all, you're not going to apologize. >> no, we won't be apologizing. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix it for the economy. because of the, of his business experience and so i think voters entirely legitimately want to know what was that business experience. >> yes,sy, mr. president. inquiring minds want to know. in new york, ron christie and here in washington, julian epstein. ron, what does it mean the retire retroactively? can you break that down for me and the rest of america? >> good afternoon. i think i can. what governor romney did is that he elected to go on a leave of absence to go return the olympics in februar
romney. unfortunately for mitt, the president took the wind right out of those sails. >> you don't hear me complaining because i would be making the same argument. >> so, the president expects to talk about his record. what a concept. but one thing we don't do is apologize as romney has demanded for bringing up the bain question. >> first of all, you're not going to apologize. >> no, we won't be apologizing. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's...
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>> i think first of all everything we know about the romney campaign and about mitt romney is that he seems to be by nature a very cautious person. and so he had just yesterday appointed a very close aid, beth myers to oversee this. i think what he is going to be looking for is great discretion. i wood think, again, based on what we have seen of him that he is going to pick somebody who is probably pretty well known, maybe has been through a senate conformati conformation. i think this is not a campaign that likes surprises. >> back to you here, steve. does it limit his choices because of what happened in 2008 with the g.o.p. vice presidential nominee. >> i think it will be his instijt. i this is going to be a close election. i think john mccain was in the i got to throw a long ball to get myself in contention which turned out to be wrong. >> who is beth myers? >> he's picked somebody who he trusts and is on the staff. that is a sign that he is going to hold this very close and do it very routinely but in the right way. >> so karen, what's going on right now as beth myers begins the s
>> i think first of all everything we know about the romney campaign and about mitt romney is that he seems to be by nature a very cautious person. and so he had just yesterday appointed a very close aid, beth myers to oversee this. i think what he is going to be looking for is great discretion. i wood think, again, based on what we have seen of him that he is going to pick somebody who is probably pretty well known, maybe has been through a senate conformati conformation. i think this is...
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the question is, is it too late to stop mitt romney? president obama meanwhile expects fully to face romney in the general election and probably preshz gingrich and perry making the case for him. he focuses again on creating jobs in this economy. the question is, what did the president propose yesterday to bring back the manufacturing jobs many have said are gone for good? >> and iranian
the question is, is it too late to stop mitt romney? president obama meanwhile expects fully to face romney in the general election and probably preshz gingrich and perry making the case for him. he focuses again on creating jobs in this economy. the question is, what did the president propose yesterday to bring back the manufacturing jobs many have said are gone for good? >> and iranian
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mitt romney's victory party in milwaukee tonight, governor romney was introduced by paul ryan. it wasn't a great introduction, but it did lead to this great moment once mr. romney finally took the stage. >> congressman ryan, he's a great leader, wonderful speaker, but he's not going to take ann's place, i've got to tell you that. >> why would you think i know? i have no idea what that's about. but it was amazing, right? but all of those images of mitt romney and paul ryan together this week, including in the matching outfits, and including tonight with you're not going to replace ann quip, those might ultimately be the biggest and most consequential thing that happened this week on the republican side of 2012 politics. as mitt romney was campaigning in wisconsin today, the man whose presidency he would like to end, president obama, spent the day today wrapping a metaphorical bow around mr. romney and mr. ryan together. mr. obama spoke to newspaper editors from across the country at the annual meeting of the associated press today in washington, d.c., and he let loose on the pau
mitt romney's victory party in milwaukee tonight, governor romney was introduced by paul ryan. it wasn't a great introduction, but it did lead to this great moment once mr. romney finally took the stage. >> congressman ryan, he's a great leader, wonderful speaker, but he's not going to take ann's place, i've got to tell you that. >> why would you think i know? i have no idea what that's about. but it was amazing, right? but all of those images of mitt romney and paul ryan together...
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. >>> for the first time the republican race for president today, mitt romney hits the campaign trail without any serious opposition to his bid to the party's nomination. rick santorum bowed out of the fight yesterday despite winning 11 states and more overall counties than any other candidate, but the delicate math was against him. after the recent hospitalization of his young daughter, bella, he said the opportunity to leave the race is to his benefit. tightening poll numbers also indicated his homestate was in jeopardy. >> ladies and gentlemen, we -- we made the decision to get into this race at our kitchen table, against all the odds, and we made the decision over the weekend that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. we are going to continue to fight for those voices, we will continue to fight for the americans who stood up and gave us that air under our wings that allowed us to accomplish things that no political expert would have ever expected. >> now, santorum did not endorse romney duri
. >>> for the first time the republican race for president today, mitt romney hits the campaign trail without any serious opposition to his bid to the party's nomination. rick santorum bowed out of the fight yesterday despite winning 11 states and more overall counties than any other candidate, but the delicate math was against him. after the recent hospitalization of his young daughter, bella, he said the opportunity to leave the race is to his benefit. tightening poll numbers also...
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mitt romney's father. mitt romney's father filed 12 years of income tax returns and said, this ought to be the standard. how many years of income tax returns has mitt romney, his son, filed? one. it's the least amount of disclosure of any presidential candidate of either political party in the last 36 years. >> each night veteran talk show host ed shuts and his guests debate and discuss the most important issues affecting americans. be sure to watch "the ed show" weeknights at 8:00 eastern on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> temperatures are falling in many parts of the country but the problems created by the devastating recent heat wave are still on the rise. according to the u.s. government, record heat has left corn and soybeans in the worst shape since 1988's farm belt drought and that means higher food prices could be on the way. nbc's jay gray has details. >> reporter: as a record heat wave finally begins to break, the concern, damage and deadly effects still linger. after temperatures over 100 deg
mitt romney's father. mitt romney's father filed 12 years of income tax returns and said, this ought to be the standard. how many years of income tax returns has mitt romney, his son, filed? one. it's the least amount of disclosure of any presidential candidate of either political party in the last 36 years. >> each night veteran talk show host ed shuts and his guests debate and discuss the most important issues affecting americans. be sure to watch "the ed show" weeknights at...
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and is governor romney unelectable in your judgment, mr. perry? >> you have to ask the question, who is it that can beat obama and who can invigorate the tea party and who can take the message of smaller outside government that is truly going to change that place, as i look from here down to rick santorum, i see insiders, those who have been the big-spending republicans in washington, d.c. let's be honest with ourselves. the fact of the matter is obama has thrown gasoline on the fire. but the bon fire was burning well before obama got there. it was policies and spending both from wall street and from the insiders in washington d.c. that got us in this problem. we need a candidate that can not only draw that stark contrast between themselves and barack obama, but also stand up and lead the tea party movement back. 2010 was about the tea party standing up and understanding that republicans, big-spending republicans had caused as much of the problem as anything. it was their power that brought together -- that brought washington, d.c. and the house t
and is governor romney unelectable in your judgment, mr. perry? >> you have to ask the question, who is it that can beat obama and who can invigorate the tea party and who can take the message of smaller outside government that is truly going to change that place, as i look from here down to rick santorum, i see insiders, those who have been the big-spending republicans in washington, d.c. let's be honest with ourselves. the fact of the matter is obama has thrown gasoline on the fire. but...
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. >> all of this is when mitt romney has seen a slip in the polls. fresh questions about his multimillions. he learned he lost rick iowa to rick santorum. all begging the question, who is luckier than mitt romney? maybe barack obama. we have david corn. in minneapolis, anna maria cox and john harwood. david, do you think rick perry after describing social security as a ponsi scheme and saying turkey is ruled by terrorist, do you think he's come to realize if you don't know anything about domestic and foreign policy, you're not qualified to become president of the united states? >> he had some trouble with numbers during this campaign. i think he saw some numbers and a realized they do more talking than anything else. it was clear after iowa he wanted to go home. i almost felt sorry for the guy. i don't know why he put in this extra two weeks here. maybe it was to please his own ego or wife or somebody else. there was no place for him to go. he kind of ruled from a high position. he's not going home to a heroes welcome. >> john, i hate to place any re
. >> all of this is when mitt romney has seen a slip in the polls. fresh questions about his multimillions. he learned he lost rick iowa to rick santorum. all begging the question, who is luckier than mitt romney? maybe barack obama. we have david corn. in minneapolis, anna maria cox and john harwood. david, do you think rick perry after describing social security as a ponsi scheme and saying turkey is ruled by terrorist, do you think he's come to realize if you don't know anything about...
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newt gingrich is giving romney trouble. if he loses tonight after being tied for first in both these states, we think he could be out of the presidential race in a week. if rick santorum wins both of these, he has a real argument to go on. we still think he has very little chance of getting the nomination, but he's not going to quit after winning both of these. and willie, about mitt romney wins both of these, he can say he's won in the deepest south, he's won in michigan, he's won ohio, he's won florida, he's ready to take on obama. >> and we have to look at the numbers. the president 41% overall approval rating. 39% approval on the economy. and 40% on foreign policy. >> yeah, this is why we have been consistent about saying don't buy the hype about this person being up or this person being down. this is a 50/50 nation. whoever the republican nominee issing for to g ing fogoing to and everyone in the president's camp, everyone within the top of the republican party, this is going to be a close race that will go into the fa
newt gingrich is giving romney trouble. if he loses tonight after being tied for first in both these states, we think he could be out of the presidential race in a week. if rick santorum wins both of these, he has a real argument to go on. we still think he has very little chance of getting the nomination, but he's not going to quit after winning both of these. and willie, about mitt romney wins both of these, he can say he's won in the deepest south, he's won in michigan, he's won ohio, he's...
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mitt romney has the math and the endorsements. the sometimes roller coaster primary seems to be coming to an end. rick santorum hasn't gotten the memo. if romney is the presumptive nominee, why do we care about the primary? it's because the badger state is ground zero and i use that phrase not lightly here for the debate over the role of government. power of labor and business and taking a deep dive into the petri dish this morning. our cable exclusive and former president bill clinton weighs in on 2012 and what hillary clinton's plans are for 2016 and whether the comparisons to him and mitt romney's struggles work. >> but i never had to change anything i said in the primary. there was no etcha sketch issue for me. >> this is "the daily rundown" and i'm chuck todd. let's get to the first reads of the morning. without much fanfare, the general election began. the battle between mitt romney and president obama is taking shape. it's kicked off with outside groups. a multimillion-dollar ad war funded by a group and on friday the ameri
mitt romney has the math and the endorsements. the sometimes roller coaster primary seems to be coming to an end. rick santorum hasn't gotten the memo. if romney is the presumptive nominee, why do we care about the primary? it's because the badger state is ground zero and i use that phrase not lightly here for the debate over the role of government. power of labor and business and taking a deep dive into the petri dish this morning. our cable exclusive and former president bill clinton weighs...
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romney, by those that you do embrace. i guess you'll have to stay in a quiet room where you whisper about loopholes. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> sweet and sour politics. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews from washington. let me start with this tonight, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. you can lead a party to tampa but you can't make them like them. talk about a loveless marriage, this thick in tampa had the look of a shotgun marriage. is that any reason to make some guy president of the united states? is it. there's a reason obama got a bounce and romney did a thud. one guy people really love in charlotte giving the speeches of their lives, bill and michelle and deval patrick and castro. remember what romney got? chris christie up there giving testimonials to themselves. they barely got around to paying for their supper they were so full of themselves. romney has had two chippies, going over to get acquainted with the brits and
romney, by those that you do embrace. i guess you'll have to stay in a quiet room where you whisper about loopholes. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> sweet and sour politics. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews from washington. let me start with this tonight, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. you can lead a party to tampa but you can't make them like them. talk about a...
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what does romney have to do? >> anything above 28%. i don't understand why someone as successful as he is, good looking as he is, he has the most perfect family in the entire free world and only 28% of the country thinks he should be the president. >> he is like the son -- >> he can swing this way, but his feet are in so much cement he cannot get out of where he is because he is not genuine. >> part of what hurts him is things that would help him in the general election. >> no doubt. >> i know people like my parents included would feel comfortable voting for romney, they lean to the left, they do not think estrogen w-- they do not think geuine. and it's not enough for him to be the front-runner in the nominating contest. >> i wonder how much you think the news that we have today that paul babbu, his arizona coshare is quitting after announcing he is gay and there's allegations that surfaced that he threatened a exboyfriend here with deportation, which plays out like a bad w not saturday night live sketch. it's so bad. >> and drama quee
what does romney have to do? >> anything above 28%. i don't understand why someone as successful as he is, good looking as he is, he has the most perfect family in the entire free world and only 28% of the country thinks he should be the president. >> he is like the son -- >> he can swing this way, but his feet are in so much cement he cannot get out of where he is because he is not genuine. >> part of what hurts him is things that would help him in the general election....